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The Kennebec Valley, Seth Harding Whitney

Maine Collection

The Kennebec Valley. This work is devoted to the early history of the valley; also relating many incidents and adventures of the early settlers; including a brief sketch of the Kennebec Indian.

by S.H. Whitney. Sprague, Burleigh & Flynt, printers to the state,1887.

Chapter Titles: The Kennebec Indian / The Kennebec River / Sources of land titles in the Kennebec Valley / Sagadahoc County / Kennebec County / Somerset County / Arnold in the Kennebec Valley / Dresden / Casco Bay

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1886: Second Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program of Examination of Classes and Graduation of Second Class of 1886. Held in Gorham, Maine the Week ending in Friday July, 2, 1886.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1886: First Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Examination and Graduation of the First Class of 1886. Held in Gorham, Maine January 21 and 22, 1886.

1786-1886 Centennial Celebration - An Account Of The Municipal Celebration Of The One Hundredth Anniversary Of The Incorporation Of The Town Of Portland , July 4th, 5th And 6th, 1886, John T. Hull

Osher Map Library Rare Books

Title Page: "1786-1886 Centennial Celebration - An Account of the Municipal Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Portland , July 4th, 5th and 6th, 1886".

"Edited by John T. Hull under the direction of the Publication Committee of the City Council."

Blue fabric hard cover debossed in gold with "Centennial Celebration 1786 - 1886. Portland, Me." and with black ornamental trim.

379 pages, illustrations

Maury's Manual Of Geography: Complete Treatise On Mathematical, Physical, And Political Geography, M. F. Maury Ll.D.

Osher Map Library Collection Books

1 atlas: illustrated maps, some colored

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1885: Second Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program of Examination of Classes and Graduation of Second Class of 1885. Held in Gorham, Maine Monday and Tuesday June 29 and 30, 1885. This program was produced in three colors, white, cream, and green and with two different designs: an easel with flowers in the background, and a deer with flowers in the background.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1885: Second Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program of Examination of Classes and Graduation of Second Class of 1885. Held in Gorham, Maine Monday and Tuesday June 29 and 30, 1885. This program was produced in three colors, white, cream, and green and with two different designs: an easel with flowers in the background, and a deer with flowers in the background.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1885: First Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Examination of the School and Graduation of the First Class of 1885.Held in Gorham, Maine Thursday and Friday January 22 and 23, 1885.

Western Normal School Commencement Program 1884: Second Class, Western Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Western Normal School program for the Examination of the School and Graduation of the Second Class of 1884.Held in Gorham, Maine Sunday June 29 through Wednesday July 2, 1884.

Western Normal School Commencement Program 1884: First Class, Western Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Western Normal School program for the Examination and Graduation of the First Class of 1884. Held in Gorham, Maine January 22 and 23, 1884.

Western Normal School Commencement Program 1883: Second Class, Western Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Western Normal School program for the Graduation of the Second Class of 1883. Held in Gorham, Maine Thursday and Friday June 28 and 29, 1883.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1882: Second Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Examination and Graduation of the Second Class of 1882. Held in Gorham, Maine Thursday and Friday July 6 and 7, 1882.

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1882: First Class, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School program for the Examination and Graduation of the First Class of 1882. Held in Gorham, Maine Thursday January 19, 1882.

Introductory Geography In Readings And Recitations, William Swinton

Osher Map Library Collection Books

1 book: 116 pages, illustrations, maps

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1881, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

This program is part of the Thurston/Corthell Collection in the General Manuscript Collection.

The New Gloucester Centennial, September 7, 1874, T. H. Haskell

Maine Collection

The New Gloucester Centennial, September 7, 1874

by T.H. Haskell

Appendix Lists: " Votes of the Town During the Revolution", "Roll of Capt. Parsons' Company", "Polls and Estates", "Aged People" etc.

Annals Of Calais, Maine, And St. Stephen, New Brunswick; Including The Village Of Milltown, Me., And The Present Town Of Milltown, N.B., Isaac Case Knowlton

Maine Collection

Annals of Calais, Maine, and St. Stephen, New Brunswick; Including the Village of Milltown, Me., and the Present Town of Milltown, N.B.

by Rev. Issac Case Knowlton

Index Includes Chapter Titles: "Aborigines", "The Beginning", "Primeval Age--1790 to 1800", "The Bar", "Physicians", "Benevolent Societies", "Shipping", "Newspapers", "New Churches", "Smuggling", "Cemeteries", etc. 33 Chapters with Appendix.

Plants Of Maine: Our Native Flora & Some Notes On Maine Cattle, F. Lamson Scribner

Maine Collection

Plants of Maine: Our Native Flora & Some Notes on Maine Cattle

by F. Lamson Scribner

Two articles originally published in "Agriculture of Maine 1874-5, 19th Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture."

Contents:Ornamental and Useful Plants of Maine / Some Notes on Maine Cattle

Gorham Seminary Commencement Program 1872, Gorham Seminary

Commencement Programs

The Order of Exercises for Commencement Day at Gorham Seminary. Held at the Congregational Church in Gorham Maine, Thursday, July 25, 1872.

Gorham Seminary Commencement Program 1870, Gorham Seminary

Commencement Programs

The Programme of Anniversary Exercised at Gorham Seminary, July 14th, 1870.

History Of Industry, Maine : From The First Settlement In 1791, William Allen

Maine Collection

History of Industry, Maine : From the First Settlement in 1791

by William Allen

Smith & Emery, Printers, Skowhegan, Maine, 1869

Contents: Boundaries and Extent / Land Titles / Plymouth Patent Opposition / Commissioners / New Vineyard, Anson and New Sharon / The Vineyard Gore Lines / First Settlers / Organization of a Military Company / State and County Taxes / Incorporation of the Town / Mills, Roads, Etc. / Face of the Country, Soil and Productions / Schools / Religious Meetings / Census and Statistics / State Valuation and State Taxes / Taxes / County Commissioners / Senators / …

Journal Of Several Visits To The Indians On The Kennebec River, Joseph Baxter

Maine Collection

Journal of Several Visits to the Indians On the Kennebec River

by the Rev. Joseph Baxter, of Medfield, Mass., 1717 with notes by the Rev. Elias Nason. "Reprinted from the N.E.Hist. and Genealogical Register for January, 1867."

David Clapp & Son, Printers, 334 Washington St., Boston, 1867.

Manuscript Deed Of Emancipation, Dated April 20, 1864, By William D. Gaylor, Holt County, Missouri, Freeing Charity And Emana Jane., William D. Gaylor

Documents Related to Slavery

Know all men by these presents that
I William D Gaylor of the County of
Holt and State of Missouri for divers
good causes and considerations...
unto ..... do hereby emancipate and
set free my slave Charity aged 28 years
dark color Also my slave Emana Jane
aged... months of a yellow color and
I do hereby release and convey to the said
Charity and Emana Jane all my rights
bills and claims to their services hence
forth and forever Witness my hand
and seal this 30th day of April AD 1864
witnesses William D Gaylor seal

James Scott
John …

An Address Delivered In Saco, Oct.12, 1862 On The One Hundreth Anniversary Of The Organization Of The First Church In Saco, Me., Edward Strong Dwight

Maine Collection

An Address Delivered in Saco, Oct.12, 1862 on the One Hundreth Anniversary of the Organization of the First Church in Saco, Me.

by Edward Strong Dwight, 1820-1890

Saco (Maine): William Noyes, Printer, 1862.

Smith's New Geography : Containing Map Questions Interspersed With Such Facts As An Observing Tourist Would Notice, Which Are Followed By A Concise Text And Explanatory Notes : Based On A Combination Of The Analytical, Synthetical And Comparative Systems, Designed To Be Simple And Concise, But Not Dry, Philosophical, Yet Practical : For The Use Of Common Schools In The United States And Canada By Roswell C. Smith, Roswell Smith

Osher Map Library Collection Books

No abstract provided.

Runaway Slave Broadside From Clay County, Missouri, Dated July 14, 1860., Gideon Thompson

Documents Related to Slavery

RANAWAY

FROM the residence of the undersigned, one mile north of Barry, Clay county, Mis- souri, on the night of the 13th inst., a mulatto negro girl named

VERCILLA,

aged about 17 years, weighs about 135 lbs., and has a scar on her left jaw. ..A liberal reward will be given for the delivery of said negro girl to me, or her confinement so that I can get her

GIDEON THOMPSON. Clay Co., Mo., July 14, 1860.

The Lewiston And Auburn Directory, Containing The Names Of The Inhabitants, Their Occupation And Places Of Business Etc., With A History Of Lewiston And Auburn, Stanwood And Co. (Publishers)

Lewiston, Maine

No abstract provided.

Manuscript Document Regarding Hiring Out Of Slaves By Dr. Robert M. Miller [From An Estate In Charleston, S.C.]. Dates Range From 1857 To 1859., Robert M. Miller

Documents Related to Slavery

Dr Robert M Miller guardian of Wm L

1857 Hire negroes due 1 January 1858

Joshua to to Capt Macklin $125

George to R Miller $115

Minerva to " $27

Hetty to Sol Harris $21

Salley to Wm J Culp $22.50

Mary to Wm Watson $14

Hire for 1857 due 1 Jan 58 $324.50 $324.50

1857 January 1 balance or ???

? return 8 ? 1857 $550.54

Int for 1 January 1857 to 1 Jan 1858 $108.53

$659.07 $659.07

$1993.57

Hire negroes yr 1858 due Jan 1859

Joshua to Joseph Ooss $125

George to Alex M Ilwain $95

Hetty to …

Manuscript, Partly Printed Document Authorizing The Seizure Of 2 Slaves, 3 Horses, 80 Head Of Cattle, And Sixty Head Of Hogs, In Payment Of A Debt Owed By William Garborough And Hugh Rusk To William A. Austin, Jackson County, Florida, Dated January 22, 1858., William A. Austin

Documents Related to Slavery

State of Florida Know all men by these presents that Jackson County We William Garbrough and Hugh Rusk bound unto William A Austin by the sum of two hundred dollars and ... cents for the payment whereof well and truly to be made. we bind, ourselves. our heirs. executors and administrators. jointly and severally. firmly by these presents. signed and sealed this twenty second day of January A.D.1858 THE CONDITION OF .THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH; that whereas James Griffin. Sheriff of Jackson County. by virtue of an execution in favor of the said William A. Austin against the said …

Cornell's First Steps In Geography, Sarah Sophia Cornell

Osher Map Library Collection Books

No abstract provided.